Exterior colors- Presidential style

In honor of President’s Day ( and because a friend asked me to help her pick out a new palette for the exterior of her house and I’m craving some inspiration ) I thought it would be fun to do a quick round up of the exterior colors of some of our country’s most famous presidential homes – outside the White House that is… some simple, some bold ( love the shutter color- FDR!), some massive and some just so darn Americana you can’t help but hum the National Anthem and crave apple pie as you’re transformed back to a simpler time just looking at them…

George Washington’s Mount Vernon- Mount Vernon, Virginia

(photo from Monticello.org)

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello- Charlottesville, Virginia

James Madison’s Montpelier- Montpelier Station, Virginia

Abraham Lincoln’s home- Springfield, Illinois

Ulysees S. Grant home- Galena, Illinois

James K. Polk home- Columbia, Tennessee

Grover Cleveland’s Westland- Princeton, New Jersey

Teddy Roosevelt’s Sagamore-Oyster Bay, New York

( photo- flickr)

FDR’s Springwood- Hyde Park, New York

Harry S. Truman’s ‘summer white house’- Independence, Missouri

(Photo by C.W. Stroughton, National Park Service)

John F. Kennedy’s boyhood home- Brookline, Massachuettes

(photo- Wikepedia)

Richard NIxon’s La Casa Pacifica- San Clemente, California

(photo- Wikepedia )

Ronald Reagan’s Rancho del Cielo- Santa Barbara, California

( photo- wikepedia)

George Bush ’s Walker’s Point- Kennebunkport, Maine

(photo- TopNewUSEdition.com)

President Obama’s Home- Chicago, Illinois

Some others fun ‘presidential post’:

Eddie Ross’s Presidential China

Design* Sponge’s Presidential bandana

The History Channel’s video of The History of Holidays: President’s Day